Chipmunk

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 19, 2010135 views8 comments

We hiked the trail of six glaciers above Lake Louise in Banff. Here is a close up of the ever present Chipmunks.

Canon 30D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/180
Aperture f13
ISO 400
400mm
Cropped to about 85%

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 19, 2010 at 10:28 PM

Really cute little guy!
I like the perspective here and the face and bright eye.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 20, 2010 at 10:01 AM

Hi Richard,

You certainly got nice and close to this little beast. I am left wishing that those feet weren't chopped off - you've framed/cropped this one close enough to the actual feet that the clipping off of them is a bit of an issue - I suspect if you went vertical on your capture you could have stayed this close AND retained the feet. Just a thought...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

PS: BTW: This Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) would probably take exception to being called a "chipmunk"!

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM

I like the in your face perspective, but agree that this "feels" clipped with the feet missing.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 20, 2010 at 1:37 PM

I cropped some off the right edge to move the chipmunk more out of the center. I missed the feet in the original image. I saw that when I processed it and wished I had included them.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on September 20, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Richard, this may be a golden mantled ground squirrel. I don't see the face stripes many chipmunks have. Nice photo. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on September 21, 2010 at 12:09 AM

Feet mentioned but this is a really nice pose. I also like the soft light and colors.

Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on September 21, 2010 at 10:33 AM

They're cute little fellows. I ditto Brad's comments on the chopped off feet, and I would like to add that your sensor needs some serious cleaning - it's really very dirty.

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on September 26, 2010 at 12:09 AM

Very cute. Nice soft looking fur. I agree about the cut-off feet. Pleasant image to view.

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